Sealing the Cracks

My husband encouraged me to draw a picture of what I want the yard to look like, so that we’re both on the same page. I completed my drawing and proudly displayed it on the fridge. After a bit of tweaking, we came up with a multi-stage plan for my dream yard for the given space. He always says, “Your goals are my goals.” We’re a nice team.

Stage one involves clearing out all of the old flower beds, and creating new flower beds as appropriate. The husband is more than happy to rip up more of the yard, as it means less mowing. Here’s the disaster we had to get rid of first along the garage for my future daylily bed:

See that blasted tree/shrubby in the foreground that’s wrapping around the gutter? Turns out it had unbelievable roots that grew under a 60 pound boulder three feet deep. Sounds like sci-fi, but nope, it’s just our life over here in the Jurassic Park yard.

It was easy to clear out most of the area with a shovel and shears. See how good it looks, all ready for planting? But notice the husband still hard at work on the three/shrubby.

I wanted to help, but I recently injured my knee, and stabbing away at that mess is certainly not what the doctor ordered. So, I pulled up a lawn chair to keep him company and document. Here’s a close-up of the tree/shrubby crisis (by the way, you can click on pictures in this blog to enlarge them).

Horrible. Meanwhile, I decided to rope off an area for a new flower bed/bird bath combo with an extension cord (my husband’s idea, possibly because I was merely sitting in my director’s chair all afternoon).

After several hours of hard labor, my husband was finally victorious. “I am so proud of myself!” he said. I was, too.

Stage one is set to wrap in two weeks. Stay tuned!

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